the axe

Definition of the axe in English English dictionary
axe: A directional position or interest, by a dealer in a financial market – if one wishes to unload stock, one is “axed to sell” or “has an axe”., Risk magazine Derived from “have an axe to grind”, which is also used
axe: The axle of a wheel
axe: To terminate or reduce tremendously in a rough or ruthless manner
The broadcaster axed the series because far less people than expected watched it.
axe: To furnish with an axle
axe: To lay off: to terminate a person's employment
He got axed in the last round of firings.
axe: Alternative form of ask
And the people axed hym, sayinge: What shall we do then.
axe: A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz
axe: To fell or chop with an axe
axe: {i} hatchet, sharp tool used for chopping wood
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axe: A dismissal or rejection
axe: An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle
axe: Implement with a stone or metal blade mounted parallel to the shaft, used for cutting wood and wood working, for fighting and for ritual purposes Compare Adze See Antler sleeve, Flanged axe, Palstave
axe: The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle
axe: terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
axe: {f} split with an ax, chop using an ax; terminate
axe: Tool for chopping trees and splitting wood, it has a long wooden handle with a metal head with either a single or double-sided blade
axe: A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc
axe: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
axe: Inquire
axe: A tool with a long handle and bladed head (single bit - one sharp side or double bit - two sharp sides) for chopping deadfall from trails, shaping stakes for turnpikes and waterbars, and cutting notches for structures made of timber
axe: axe axes axing axed in AM, use ax1. An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle
axe: Olithos
axe: A musical instrument
axe: A bricklayer's hammer
axe: disapproval If someone has an axe to grind, they are doing something for selfish reasons. He seems like a decent bloke and I've got no axe to grind with him. Variant of ax
axe: chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"
axe: See Ax, Axman
axe: If someone's job or something such as a public service or a television programme is axed, it is ended suddenly and without discussion. Community projects are being axed by hard-pressed social services departments. = cut
axe: A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it
axe: If a person or institution is facing the axe, that person is likely to lose their job or that institution is likely to be closed, usually in order to save money
axe: (v) Ask "Gave her ten dollars, then she axed me for some more" -- Schoolly D (P S K (what does it mean?) [??])
axe: chop or split with an ax; "axe wood
axe: An open architecture, Ericsson's communications platform A system for computer-controlled digital exchanges that constitute the nodes in large public telecommunications networks The basis for Ericsson's wireline and mobile systems
axe: "To hang up one's axe " To retire from business, to give over a useless project The allusion is to the ancient battle-axe, hung up to the gods when the fight was done All classical scholars will call to mind the allusion of Horace to a similar Roman custom Being snubbed by Pyrrha, he says, "He will hang up his axe upon her wall," or more literally, his "drenched garments on the temple-walls of Neptune " (1 Odes, V 14--17 ) (See Ask )
axe: It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade
axe: An open architecture, Ericsson’s communications platform A system for computer-controlled digital exchanges that constitute the nodes in large public telecommunications networks The basis for Ericsson’s wireline and mobile systems
axe: A large chopping tool that may have a grove for hafting to a handle
axe: A contemporary Afro-Bahian pop style, incorporating samba, rock, soul and other musical influences
axe: Ask